Rena Striegel and Transition Point Business Advisors Announce New National Succession Planning Initiative for Family Businesses

DES MOINES, IA / ACCESS Newswire / December 10, 2025 /President of Transition Point Business Advisors, has introduced a national initiative designed to help family-owned businesses approach succession planning with more structure, clarity, and unity. The initiative brings together the full range of issues families face during transition and offers a step-by-step framework for moving from uncertainty to long-term continuity.

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A Response to the Realities Families Face

Family businesses often begin the planning process with good intentions, yet many stall once emotions surface or priorities collide. According to Striegel, the challenge is rarely a lack of commitment. It is the absence of a clear path that helps families understand what decisions must be made and how to make them together.

The new initiative outlines a guided process that integrates leadership development, communication practices, and coordinated advisor involvement. It helps families slow down enough to examine what they want for the business, the roles each person will hold, and the expectations that support a healthy transition.

"The goal is to create as much clarity and certainty as possible. When we do that, stress and tension are reduced, " said Rena Striegel, President of Transition Point Business Advisors. She noted that families often carry the weight of the future without fully realizing how much relief comes from structured planning.

Bringing Order to a Disconnected Industry

Many families assume succession planning is a single service. In reality, it involves legal, financial, operational, interpersonal, and leadership decisions that often come from different professionals who are not working together. Striegel has seen families lose momentum because important insights fall through the cracks.

"The industry of succession planning is messy. Most professionals look at what they provide and package it as succession planning. A single professional is only serving one piece of the pie and neglects or discounts the other critical pieces. This is one of the reasons families fail to complete the planning process, " Striegel explained.

The national initiative aims to correct this gap by providing a unified process where advisors complement rather than duplicate one another. Families receive a roadmap that reduces confusion, minimizes repeated conversations, and keeps planning from becoming overwhelming.

Helping Families Prepare for the Next Generation

A major component of the initiative includes early engagement with next-generation leaders. Striegel has found that many successors are capable and hard-working but have not been included in the strategic conversations that would prepare them to run the business.

When successors understand ownership expectations, financial realities, and long-term goals, they enter leadership with confidence instead of uncertainty. This approach also reduces tension between generations by establishing clarity around decision-making and responsibilities.

A Program Designed to Protect Legacy

Succession affects more than the future owner. It influences relationships, daily operations, and the identity of the family itself. The initiative invites families to step into these conversations with honesty and structure, knowing that continuity is built through shared understanding.

Striegel believes that when families are supported through both the technical and human sides of transition, they are far more likely to complete the process and preserve their legacy for the next generation.

About Rena Striegel

Rena Striegel is a national succession planning strategist and the President of Transition Point Business Advisors. Originally from What Cheer, Iowa, she holds a BA from Central College in Pella, Iowa, and an MBA from the University of Iowa. With more than twenty years of experience working with multi-generational family businesses, she specializes in helping families strengthen communication, prepare future leaders, and create clarity during periods of transition. Striegel is recognized for her practical, relationship-centered approach to guiding families through one of the most complex phases of business ownership.

About Transition Point Business Advisors

Transition Point Business Advisors partners with family-owned and agricultural businesses across the United States to strengthen communication, develop leaders, and create continuity plans that support long-term success.

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Contact Information:

Organization: Transition Point Business Advisors
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Email: rena@transitionpointba.com
Contact Person: Rena Striegel
City: West Des Moines

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